Beyond the fence: how testing and trialling are driving Pile 1 chimney demolition

Windscale Sellafield SPIDA built on replica chimney off the Sellafield site

At the heart of our efforts to remove the Windscale Pile 1 chimney is SPIDA: the Suspended Platform with Incremental Descent Developed by ADAPT. It’s not just a machine - it’s a symbol of how Sellafield Ltd is using innovation and rigorous testing to tackle one of the site’s most complex decommissioning challenges.

Windscale: From Nuclear Pioneer to Decommissioning Landmark

Windscale at Sellafield - from nuclear pioneer to decommissioning landmark

Before we were Sellafield, we were Windscale. Today our brilliant people and supply chain partners have a different challenge – how do we safely decommission these legacy facilities?